"Hello Mary Lou ""Hello Mary Lou"" is a song written by U.S. singer Gene Pitney first recorded by Johnny Duncan in 1960, and later by Ricky Nelson in 1961. Nelson's version, issued as the B-side of his No. 1 hit ""Travelin' Man"", (Imperial 5741), reached No. 9 on the ""Billboard"" music charts on May 28, 1961. In the United Kingdom, where it was released as an A-side (with ""Travelin' Man"" as the B-side), it reached No. 2. It was also a hit in much of Europe, particularly Norway, where it spent 14 weeks at No. 1. In New Zealand, the"
"Records in Nashville. Travelin' Man ""Travelin' Man"" is an American popular song, best known as a 1961 hit single sung by Ricky Nelson. Singer-songwriter Jerry Fuller wrote it with Sam Cooke in mind, but Cooke's manager was unimpressed and did not keep the demo, which eventually wound up being passed along to Nelson. His version reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Its b-side, ""Hello Mary Lou"", reached No. 9 on the same chart. Nelson is accompanied on the recording by the vocal quartet, The Jordanaires. The song details the loves of a world traveler with an eye for"
"Travelin' Man ""Travelin' Man"" is an American popular song, best known as a 1961 hit single sung by Ricky Nelson. Singer-songwriter Jerry Fuller wrote it with Sam Cooke in mind, but Cooke's manager was unimpressed and did not keep the demo, which eventually wound up being passed along to Nelson. His version reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Its b-side, ""Hello Mary Lou"", reached No. 9 on the same chart. Nelson is accompanied on the recording by the vocal quartet, The Jordanaires. The song details the loves of a world traveler with an eye for beautiful women. Songwriter"
"song reached No. 4. A 1991 reissue following the song's use in a TV advert gave the song a second chart run, peaking at No. 45 in the UK Singles Chart. The song features an influential guitar solo by James Burton, often cited by later guitarists such as Brian May. Piano is by Ray Johnson, who had succeeded Gene Garf as Nelson's regular session pianist in November 1959. Other musicians on the record include Joe Osborn on bass and Ritchie Frost on drums. The song appears on Nelson's sixth album ""Rick Is 21"". ""Hello Mary Lou"" is similar to an"
"Ricky Nelson Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American rock and roll star, musician, and singer-songwriter. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series ""The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"". In 1957 he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist. As one of the top ""teen idols"" of the 1950s his fame led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks's western feature film ""Rio Bravo"" (1959). He placed 53 songs on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and"
"earlier song, ""Merry, Merry Lou"", written by Cayet Mangiaracina and recorded by his band, The Sparks, in 1957 on a single released by Decca Records. It was covered by Bill Haley & His Comets as ""Mary, Mary Lou"" and released as a single later in 1957, also by Decca. Mangiaracina would later become ordained as a Catholic priest. When ""Hello Mary Lou"" was released, the publisher of ""Merry, Merry Lou"", Champion Music (an arm of Decca Records), sued for plagiarism and a settlement was reached. Mangiaracina was given co-writing credit for ""Hello Mary Lou"" and a share of the song's"
"Ricky Nelson (album) Ricky Nelson is the second album by teen idol Ricky Nelson, released in 1958. The album charted in the Top 10 on the Billboard album charts, and has since been re-issued on iTunes. The album contained Ricky Nelson's first composition, ""Don't Leave Me This Way"", and a track written by his lead guitarist James Burton along with bass player James Kirkland called ""There Goes My Baby"". The album also included a cover of Fats Domino's ""I'm in Love Again"", along with a cover of Roy Orbison's ""Down the Line"". Also included were covers of then-recent hits and"
"five-year deal with Imperial Records that gave him approval over song selection, sleeve artwork, and other production details. Ricky's first Imperial single, ""Be-Bop Baby"", generated 750,000 advance orders, sold over one million copies, and reached #3 on the charts. Nelson's first album, ""Ricky"", was released in October 1957 and hit #1 before the end of the year. Following these successes, Nelson was given a more prominent role on the ""Ozzie and Harriet"" show and ended every two or three episodes with a musical number. Nelson grew increasingly dissatisfied performing with older jazz and country session musicians, who were openly contemptuous"
"shared the writing, singing, and production duties. Fogerty contributed only three original songs, and sang a fourth lead on a cover of the 1961 Ricky Nelson hit ""Hello Mary Lou"". Clifford and Cook each wrote and sang the lead vocals on three songs. The album was a commercial success peaking at #12 and going gold. The album contained two Top 40 singles, both of which were contributed by Fogerty: the raucous ""Sweet Hitch-Hiker"" and the wistful swan song ""Someday Never Comes"". All songs were recorded in January 1972, except ""Door to Door"" and ""Sweet Hitch-Hiker"" which were recorded in the"
"roll feel that set him apart from the burgeoning pack of Elvis Presley imitators"" Ricky (album) Ricky is the solo debut album by American actor and rock and roll musician Ricky Nelson, released in November 1957. Much of the album is in the pop-rock genre, focusing mostly on standards. It has since been re-issued on iTunes. Reception at the time of release is unknown. A recent review by Allmusic said that it is ""derivative"" but that ""he also sang rhythmically in his smooth voice, negotiating the rock & roll beat with far greater ease than Pat Boone"" and that ""the"
"panel to the heater compartment was found unlatched. The theory is supported by records that showed that DC-3s in general, and this aircraft in particular, had a history of problems with the cabin heaters. Ricky Nelson Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American rock and roll star, musician, and singer-songwriter. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series ""The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"". In 1957 he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist. As one of the top ""teen idols"" of the 1950s"
"Bloody Mary Morning ""Bloody Mary Morning"" is a song written by American country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. Nelson wrote the song inspired by his struggles to become a ""better parent"". It was originally released in the 1970 RCA Records release ""Both Sides Now"" with the title ""Bloody Merry Morning"". During a party in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1972, Nelson performed the song along with others he planned to include on an upcoming concept album. Nelson impressed another guest at the party, Atlantic Records vice-president Jerry Wexler. Wexler offered him a contract to be a part of the new country music division"
"would become the most famous version of this song, and was featured in Kenneth Anger's film ""Scorpio Rising (1963)."" For their 1962 album ""Duet"", Doris Day and André Previn recorded their interpretation of the song. Elvis Presley followed Ricky Nelson's style in 1971 featured on the 1972 album ""Elvis Now."" Bow Wow Wow covered the track on their 1980 MC-only debut ""Your Cassette Pet."" She & Him covered Ricky Nelson's version for Levi's Pioneer Sessions in 2010. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) ""Fools Rush In"" (1940) is a popular song. The lyrics were written by Johnny Mercer"
"joined Ray Price's band as a bass player, his songs became hits for other artists, including ""Funny How Time Slips Away"" (Billy Walker), ""Pretty Paper"" (Roy Orbison), and, most famously, ""Crazy"" by Patsy Cline. Leveraged by his prominence as a songwriter, he was signed as a recording artist by Liberty Records in 1961. For his second session with the label, producer Joe Allison took Nelson to Radio Recorders, on September 11–12, 1961. Nelson's backing included: Billy Strange, Roy Nichols and Johnny Western on guitars; pianist Jim Pierce; bassists Red Wootten and Ray Pohlman; and drummer Roy Harte. During the recording,"
"Ric Marlow Eric ""Ric"" Marlow (born Sanford Phillip Schafler; December 21, 1925 – February 28, 2017) was an American songwriter and actor, best known for co-writing with Bobby Scott the song ""A Taste of Honey"" which won a Grammy in 1962. The song has been recorded by approximately 200 artists internationally, including The Beatles, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, and Johnny Mathis. He also had several acting roles, most notably on the television programs, ""Bonanza"", ""Hawaii Five-O"" and ""Magnum, P.I."". Marlow was born to Bernice (née Berney) and Arthur Schafler in the Bronx, New York."
"waves. Summary of ""Louie Louie"" rankings and recognition in major publications and surveys. Louie Louie ""Louie Louie"" is an American rhythm and blues song written and composed by Richard Berry in 1955 and best known for the 1963 hit version by The Kingsmen. It has become a standard in pop and rock, with hundreds of versions recorded by different artists. The song is based on the tune ""El Loco Cha Cha” popularized by bandleader René Touzet and is an example of Latin influence on American popular music. ""Louie Louie"" tells, in simple verse–chorus form, the first-person story of a Jamaican"
"Ricky (album) Ricky is the solo debut album by American actor and rock and roll musician Ricky Nelson, released in November 1957. Much of the album is in the pop-rock genre, focusing mostly on standards. It has since been re-issued on iTunes. Reception at the time of release is unknown. A recent review by Allmusic said that it is ""derivative"" but that ""he also sang rhythmically in his smooth voice, negotiating the rock & roll beat with far greater ease than Pat Boone"" and that ""the 17-year-old continued to display the combination of natural pop instincts and genuine rock &"
"Hello, Dolly! (song) ""Hello, Dolly!"" is the title song of the popular 1964 musical of the same name. Louis Armstrong's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. The music and lyrics were written by Jerry Herman, who also wrote the scores for many other popular musicals including ""Mame"" and ""La Cage aux Folles"". ""Hello, Dolly!"" was first sung by Carol Channing, who starred as Dolly Gallagher Levi in the original 1964 Broadway cast. In December 1963, at the behest of his manager, Louis Armstrong made a demonstration recording of ""Hello, Dolly!"" for the song's publisher to"
"Merrily We Roll Along (song) ""Merrily We Roll Along"" is a song written by Charlie Tobias, Murray Mencher, and Eddie Cantor in 1935, and used in the ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoon ""Billboard Frolics"" that same year. It is best known as the theme of Warner Bros.' ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoon series. In the 1970s, it was adopted by WGN as the theme music for ""The Ray Rayner Show"", which featured Warner Bros. cartoons. In 1995, it was used as the closing theme of ""The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries"". The song shares a title with the 1934 play ""Merrily We Roll Along"" by"
"has received two other nominations. He was awarded Grammies for his arrangements of ""Ode to Billie Joe"" recorded by Bobbie Gentry, ""Bridge Over Troubled Water"" recorded by Simon and Garfunkel, and ""If You Leave Me Now"" recorded by Chicago. Jimmie Haskell Jimmie Haskell (born Sheridan Pearlman, November 7, 1936 – February 4, 2016) was an American composer and arranger for a variety of popular singers and motion pictures. Haskell was born in Brooklyn, New York. He entered the musical business through being hired to do arrangements with Imperial Records. He became the arranger of choice for Ricky Nelson and arranged"
"Richard Berry (musician) Richard Berry, Jr. (April 11, 1935 – January 23, 1997) was an African-American singer, songwriter and musician, who performed with many Los Angeles doo-wop and close harmony groups in the 1950s, including The Flairs and The Robins. He is best known as the composer and original performer of the rock standard ""Louie Louie"". The song went on to be a hit for The Kingsmen, becoming one of the most recorded songs of all time; however, Berry received little financial benefit for writing it until the 1980s, having signed away his rights to the song in 1959. In"
"were later reconciled. Imperial had a series of hits in the early 1950s, many by Fats Domino, and others by the R&B musicians Roy Brown, Smiley Lewis, Chris Kenner, and Ernie Freeman; the blues musicians Smokey Hogg, T-Bone Walker and Lightnin' Hopkins; and the country singer Slim Whitman. Chudd signed Ricky Nelson, the star of the television series ""The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"", to Imperial in 1957, and the singer had a succession of hits through the early 1960s. The label also had hits with records by Sandy Nelson and Frankie Ford. A ""shrewd and astute businessman"", Chudd became"
"Louie Louie ""Louie Louie"" is an American rhythm and blues song written and composed by Richard Berry in 1955 and best known for the 1963 hit version by The Kingsmen. It has become a standard in pop and rock, with hundreds of versions recorded by different artists. The song is based on the tune ""El Loco Cha Cha” popularized by bandleader René Touzet and is an example of Latin influence on American popular music. ""Louie Louie"" tells, in simple verse–chorus form, the first-person story of a Jamaican sailor returning to the island to see his lady love. The Kingsmen's recording"
"(Ricky and Jennell) With The Rams (Richard Berry, Arthur Lee Maye and Johnny Coleman With Etta James Richard Berry (musician) Richard Berry, Jr. (April 11, 1935 – January 23, 1997) was an African-American singer, songwriter and musician, who performed with many Los Angeles doo-wop and close harmony groups in the 1950s, including The Flairs and The Robins. He is best known as the composer and original performer of the rock standard ""Louie Louie"". The song went on to be a hit for The Kingsmen, becoming one of the most recorded songs of all time; however, Berry received little financial benefit"
"Marc Nelson Marc K. Nelson (born January 23, 1971) is an American singer and songwriter. His mother was the late American singer Phyllis Nelson, best known for the songs ""I Like You"" and ""Move Closer"". He was an original member of Boyz II Men while still attending Philadelphia's High School of Performing Arts. However, Nelson left the group to pursue a solo career before they released their first album. Nelson attended the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, in Pennsylvania. There, he and his friend Nathan Morris, joined later by Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, and Michael McCary, formed"
"Roaring Lion Roaring Lion (22 February 190811 July 1999) was a calypsonian (calypso singer/composer). His 65-year career began in the early 1930s and he is best known for his compositions ""Ugly Woman"" (1933), ""Mary Ann"" and ""Netty, Netty"", which are still performed today. The song ""If You Wanna Be Happy"", which hit number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on 18 May 1963, as well as the R&B singles chart, is based on Roaring Lion's ""Ugly Woman"". Lion was born Rafael de Leon in Aroquita, in the Caura Hills of northern Trinidad, to a mother named Basalicion de Leon and"
"older songs updated for his style. The Jordanaires provide backing vocals. A review by Allmusic said that Ricky Nelson ""remained a slavish imitator of the Sun Records rockabilly style on his sophomore long-player, but he had improved enormously in the endeavor"", and gave the album a positive rating. Ricky Nelson (album) Ricky Nelson is the second album by teen idol Ricky Nelson, released in 1958. The album charted in the Top 10 on the Billboard album charts, and has since been re-issued on iTunes. The album contained Ricky Nelson's first composition, ""Don't Leave Me This Way"", and a track written"
"a disc jockey in Texas radio stations and a singer in honky-tonks. Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington, where he wrote ""Family Bible"" and recorded the song ""Lumberjack"" in 1956. He also worked as a disc jockey at various radio stations in Vancouver and nearby Portland Oregon. In 1958, he moved to Houston, Texas, after signing a contract with D Records. He sang at the Esquire Ballroom weekly and he worked as a disk jockey. During that time, he wrote songs that would become country standards, including ""Funny How Time Slips Away"", ""Hello Walls"", ""Pretty Paper"", and ""Crazy"". In 1960 he"
"1957 to 1962, Nelson had 30 Top-40 hits, more than any other artist except Presley (who had 53) and Pat Boone (38). Many of Nelson's early records were double hits with both the A and B sides hitting the ""Billboard"" charts. While Nelson preferred rockabilly and uptempo rock songs like ""Believe What You Say"" (Hot 100 #4), ""I Got a Feeling"" (#10), ""My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"" (#12), ""Hello Mary Lou"" (#9), ""It's Late"" (#9), ""Stood Up"" (#2), ""Waitin' in School"" (#18), ""Be-Bop Baby"" (#3), and ""Just a Little Too Much"" (#9), his smooth, calm voice made him"
"Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album ""Shotgun Willie"" (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ""Red Headed Stranger"" (1975) and ""Stardust"" (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been"
"in St. Lucia. Rick Wayne Rick Wayne (born Learie Carasco, 27 January 1938), OBE, is a pop singer, former professional bodybuilder, and author. Wayne was born Laborie in St. Lucia. In the 1950s he emigrated to England, and served two years in the Royal Signals, most of the time in Yorkshire. On returning to civilian life in London, he was spotted singing in a club and successfully auditioned for record producer Joe Meek. Renamed as Ricky Wayne (a combination of Ricky Nelson and John Wayne), he released a single, ""Hot Chickaroo"", which was produced by Meek and on which Wayne"
"took advantage of the recognition that the song granted him, and moved to Nashville in 1960. While he joined Ray Price's band as a bass player, his songs became hits for other artists, including ""Funny How Time Slips Away"" (Billy Walker), ""Pretty Paper"" (Roy Orbison), and, most famously, ""Crazy"" by Patsy Cline. Leveraged by his prominence as a songwriter, he was signed as a recording artist by Liberty Records in 1961. ""Wake Me When it's Over"" was recorded during Nelson's second session with the label. Producer Joe Allison took him to Radio Recorders, on September 11–12, 1961. Nelson's backing included:"
"Phyllis Nelson Phyllis Nelson (October 3, 1950 – January 12, 1998) was an American singer, most famous for her 1985 song ""Move Closer"", which topped the chart in the United Kingdom. Her son is the singer and record producer, Marc Nelson. Nelson was born in Jacksonville, Florida and a member of family group Nelson Five. She was later a backup singer for Major Harris and Philly Cream. She worked and recorded for several years from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Her records were mostly dance oriented. She also recorded numerous records during the disco era. In 1984, she recorded"